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Law of Property Act 2000
111Payment of mortgage money to Public Trustee in case of
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111 Payment of mortgage money to Public Trustee in case of
absent or unknown mortgagees
(1) The Public Trustee may receive money on behalf of a mortgagee or
the estate of a mortgagee who:
(a) is dead;
(b) cannot be found; or
(c) is incapable of executing a discharge of the mortgage.
(2) The Public Trustee may require a person at whose instance the
Public Trustee proposes to exercise the Public Trustee's power
under subsection (1) to undertake to indemnify the Public Trustee in
respect of the costs or liabilities incurred in connection with or by
reason of the exercise of the power.
(3) Money received by the Public Trustee under subsection (1) is:
(a) for the purposes of the mortgage and section 112, to be taken
to have been paid to the mortgagee; and
(b) to be held by the Public Trustee on trust for the mortgagee or
other person entitled to the money.